[GRASS-user] Missing database drivers

[razmjooeis at faunalia.co.uk]

Have you used your linux distro to install grass (apt, yum, emerge, etc)?
You can always compile GRASS with sqlite option:

http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Compile_and_Install
http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Compile_and_Install#Prerequisites

Cheers
Saber


> I am reading "Open Source GIS", and the authors recommend using SQLite.
> When I type
>
>     Db.drivers -p
>
> I get
>
>   Dbf
>
>   Ogr
>
> (These should be all small letters, but my email has auto-correct turned
> on, and it keeps changing the starting letters to upper case.)
>
>
>
> How does on load new database drivers?  I am using GRASS 6.4 on a Linux
> 64 system.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
>    Tim
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